Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

jrb said:
It would have been a joint decisions, mate.

As you say, one of both of them should have gone public, said the arena is weeks if not months behind schedule, and won’t open until it’s fully completed, signed off, and only then will a test event take place, with other concerts starting after the test event
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CFG may have put in half the money but building, opening and running venues is what Oakview do. I'd have thought those kind of decisions are down to them as they have decades of experience. How much input the CFG have in it is anyone's guess.
 
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Prophet of Doom said:
That’s a bit of an overreaction. There will be a 3 week delay opening the Arena and a handful of gigs postponed or rearranged.

The last minute cancellations were embarrassing but will all be forgotten once it’s up and running and punters see how good the gig experience in the bowl is.

The media reaction has been well over the top. It’s been delayed like most other big projects. Spurs stadium was delayed for months and had chaotic problems - will they be doing studies on that ? Of course not as they have eventually opened one of the world’s best stadiums.

I hope Oak View are looking into why the media reaction was so toxic. Defo a smear campaign in operation. There are loads of Bots on Twitter making snide comments. All similar - joined Twitter 2 weeks ago and almost every post is a snide comment about the Co-Op.

Last year Brixton Academy venue had 2 deaths caused by poor security and facilities. They were closed for 6 months after their licence was revoked. They had a fraction of the negative publicity Co Op Live have had this week for postponing a few shows.

It’s easy for everybody to say they should wait for it to be finished to open. But when completion dates change but bands book tours months - even years in advance they have had to set a date when it was hoped to get there.

All that said - they haven’t helped themselves with shoddy PR responding to the escalating problems. But it will be much better once it’s open and people see the most important thing - which is how great the bands sound once in there.
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Spurs already had a home to play in regardless of the delays.

This isn't an office building or factory being delayed, this is an entertainment destination that folk have shelled out a lot of money to visit. How you can compare it to spurs is vastly underestimating the disruption and inevitable negative press.

These kind of destinations live and die by safety and reliability, especially in mcr after the horrific arena incident.
 
blueparrot said:
I'd have thought there was still a lot of machinery moving about, plus when the extension ,hotel, and city square is finished they will want to resurface the whole area. Spending money on bits not would be mad.
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And more disruption when they do the proper finish later this summer, July/August they are saying.
 
The troubled new Co-op Live arena has said it has completed an inspection that should allow it to finally open after a string of problems and delays.

A statement said it was "satisfied" with the result of the inspection, which found it was an "isolated" fault.
Rock band Elbow are now due to open the UK's biggest indoor arena on Tuesday.

"Following the incident in the bowl on 1 May 2024, an inspection and verification report was undertaken by SES subcontractors," a Co-op Live statement said.

"In consultation with Manchester City Council, responsible authorities, and wider stakeholders, we are satisfied with the process and outcome of the investigation identifying the HVAC nozzle as an isolated manufacturing default.
"This is a standard process of review in any venue when such an incident occurs. We now look forward to welcoming fans to Elbow's opening performance on 14 May 2024."

www.bbc.co.uk

Co-op Live arena says Elbow will play opening gig after inspection

Bosses say Elbow will open the troubled venue on Tuesday after a string of problems and delays.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Prophet of Doom said:
it’s starting to look class !! Hopefully the Elbow gig goes without any issues
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Yeah feels like it’s getting there now, things are much calmer on site. Truth is it just wasn’t ready a month ago, nowhere near. An incredible amount has been achieved in the last few weeks to be fair.
 
jrb said:
The troubled new Co-op Live arena has said it has completed an inspection that should allow it to finally open after a string of problems and delays.

A statement said it was "satisfied" with the result of the inspection, which found it was an "isolated" fault.
Rock band Elbow are now due to open the UK's biggest indoor arena on Tuesday.

"Following the incident in the bowl on 1 May 2024, an inspection and verification report was undertaken by SES subcontractors," a Co-op Live statement said.

"In consultation with Manchester City Council, responsible authorities, and wider stakeholders, we are satisfied with the process and outcome of the investigation identifying the HVAC nozzle as an isolated manufacturing default.
"This is a standard process of review in any venue when such an incident occurs. We now look forward to welcoming fans to Elbow's opening performance on 14 May 2024."

www.bbc.co.uk

Co-op Live arena says Elbow will play opening gig after inspection

Bosses say Elbow will open the troubled venue on Tuesday after a string of problems and delays.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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I see they're still pointing the finger for the vent falling to the manufacturer "as an isolated manufacturing default(sic)"
 
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